Yemen takes the fall for U.S. Drones

1. Yemen Takes the Fall for U.S. Drones

Leaked documents reveal that Yemen has been covering up for the U.S in the fight against al Qaeda by saying publicly that attacks initiated by the State Department were directed by Yemen. “We’ll continue saying the bombs are ours, not yours,” Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh told General David Petraeus in January 2010. The coverup, made necessary by severe distrust of the U.S. in the Middle East, prompted Yemen’s prime minister to joke about how the president had “lied” to his parliament about the strikes.

Sec. of State Hillary Clinton wanted diplomats to snoop out credit card numbers, schedules, email addresses, cell phone numbers—even DNA—of the members of the U.N. Security Council, according to the documents. (Susan Walsh / AP Photo)